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Manning Awards head to Toronto

The Manning Innovation Awards ceremony, which has recognized some of Canada's most innovative thinkers in the past 26 years, is coming to Toronto this fall.

By Thulasi SrikanthanBusiness Reporter

Wed., Sept. 12, 2007

The Manning Innovation Awards ceremony, which has recognized some of Canada's most innovative thinkers in the past 26 years, is coming to Toronto this fall.

"Canadians have made, over the years, great contributions to the modern world and even Canadians themselves are unaware of some of the achievement involved," said Donald Macdonald, a trustee of the Manning Awards Foundation.

"Canadians don't think of themselves that way and don't recognize they have done this."

The ceremony, which was held in Calgary last year, moves around the country to help build awareness of the awards, which in turn help raise the profile of innovation in Canada, Macdonald said.

Since beginning in 1982, more than $3.6 million has been awarded to recognize and encourage Canadian innovators. The awards are named for former Alberta premier Ernest C. Manning, and come with cash prizes of $10,000 to $100,000.

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Last year, the $100,000 Manning Principal Award went to Vancouver doctors Lindsay Machan and William Hunter, who created a drug-delivery method that changed the way coronary artery disease is treated. A selection committee picks the winners.

The awards gala will be held on Sept. 28 at the Four Seasons Hotel. The names of winners will be announced throughout this month, beginning on Sept. 19.

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